On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 16:01 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote: > I should have mentioned also that I am trying to install FC3 (which I > get the eth0 lock up) and or FC2 (which I get themodprobe: Fatal > Error: Error inserting floppy > c/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko:No such > device). The hardware that I am trying to install this on is a Dell > Inspiron 8600 Pentium M 1.8ghz 2 gigs of RAM 60 gig hd (with xp > partition) broadcom 10/100 NIC broadcom 56k modem sgimatel audio > cdrw/dvd combo drive and a modular floppy that can also be used by > USB cable I have a nvidia gforce fx go5200 64 meg video card and a > 15.4 wuxga screen. Due to the lack of ports on my laptop I am plugged > into a port replicator and I have tried both installs with and without > being plugged into the port replicator. Hope this information is > helpful. > > Thanks > > Mathew Mathew, Which Broadcom NIC is it? If it is the BCM44XX series, there is a known kernel related bug and a fix available at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118165 I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 and this was a problem under FC2 and now FC3 as well, since the kernel patch has not yet been included upstream. Using lspci in a console, see what information it prints out for your NIC. For me, it is: ... 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01) ... If this fits your hardware, use the kernel module patch that Pekka has listed in comment #66 on the above web page. HTH, Marc Schwartz
